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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1892
Page
4
The Atlanta Constitution memorializes fallen soldiers with a poem describing sunlight over graves, laurel trees waving as banners, birds singing, and valor rewarded with immortal crowns. It honors the kneeling South remaining true to its dead.
In a village, widow Sarah Milliken and undertaker Samuel Pavey married quietly after a playful exchange about life and aging. The ceremony occurred with neighbors gossiping, while Miss Beckett, bedridden, watched from a window and gossip spread through town.
A series of garbled lines cite various health and social claims. It mentions the prince of Wales family as poor riders and Paris funerals run by undertakers, with Canary birds changing color from yellow to red under cayenne pepper. Influenza impact and fatness related resistance are touched, alongside a misinterpreted Hood’s medicine claim and incoherent phrases about Selamat and Imeri.
A collection of brief items and quips from era newspapers. It includes a rain folk tale in which a slave humorously disputes prayer against wind, a Lord Randolph Churchill Russia anecdote about heating a home, reflections on first loves and maturity, a dry Sunday in New York, a New York hotel orchestra, Philadelphia fashion notes, a mock query about President Harrison’s direct line during the Republican convention, banana flour from green fruit, fashion pockets, and a Japanese rider’s speed etiquette.
A collage of brief notes on women in society and work. It mentions 40000 women studying in colleges, Sarah Bernhardt’s home bed 15 feet wide, San Francisco marriages, a Kentucky grafting case to save a child’s beauty, and women in printing earning 300 to 500 dollars while men earn double. Also a quip about beauty and a streetcar seat exchange showing polite etiquette.
A historical scene describes ten couples performing aGorman style waltz with partner changes and engagements then immediate marriages by a resident minister. The piece notes the ritual’s salon flourish and the minister’s board at the hotel. A Philadelphia Press quote laments wasteful gloves, suggesting creative reuse as gifts.
Ambiguous OCR fragment notes a Driz Inal Eagle reaching notoriety and being heard at multiple locations including Satta dea Cosi Cine and Cabinets Bt POG in Washington 8506, with unclear context or dates. The readable bits suggest a cultural or entertainment landmark gaining wide attention.
The Newa Col Bee Chinese government representative in San Francisco is dead. Salvation Army plans a hallelujah cavalry in San Francisco. Cumberland Presbyterians in Memphis favor a Chicago theological seminary. The Wergland, a Norwegian steamer, reached Chicago. The Briggs heresy case appeal was heard by the Presbyterian General Assembly, with a trial to follow. Southern Presbyterians in Hot Springs back aiding Black brethren. United Presbyterians in Pittsburgh report 254 ministers without charges. Reverend Thomas Dixon in Philadelphia condemns the Chinese Exclusion Act, accusing Democrats of abandoning Jefferson’s doctrine and embracing a false god named Dennis. Resolutions denouncing the Exclusion Act were adopted.
A collage of global incidents includes the pope’s renewed illness forcing suspended daily audiences in Rome. Fires destroy 46 houses and 60 cattle in Marsburg Westphalia. England endures hailstorms damaging crops. Disputes in Coventry England flare into riot over tithe. Local satirical exchanges and everyday tips close the item.
A vintage advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as more than food, offering a free book on careful living and urging readers to obtain the product from druggists or Scott & Bowne chemists in New York for a dollar.
Friday market report lists smoked meats, canned vegetables and fruits, dairy and cheese, seeds, oils, and poultry prices. Notable items include smoked hams at 10s per lb, canned standard tomatoes 95 cents for three pounds, New York cheddar 12 to 18 cents per lb, and shippers paying poultry and butter prices amid rising rates.
The act prohibitsa unlawful mating or reconnection with gas mains and services to regulate connections and heating uses. It requires written permits to operate valves or modify mixers and prohibits interference with gas appliances. Violations carry fines from five to one hundred dollars.
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